HERE were present at that season some that told him of the
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their
sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these
Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they
suffered such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that
dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.
6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree
planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,
and found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these
three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find
none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year
also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou
shalt cut it down.

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with
him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
11 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not
first washed before dinner.
12 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean
the
outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is
full of ravening and wickedness.
13 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that
which is within also?
14 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold,
all things are clean unto you.
15 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
16 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in
the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
17 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as
graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are
not aware of them.
18 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,
thus saying thou reproachest us also.
19 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men
with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not
the burdens with one of your fingers.
20 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were
entering in ye hindered.
21 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the
Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to
speak of many things:
22 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea
side.
24 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that
he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on
the shore.
25 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
26 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the
fowls came and devoured them up:
27 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth:
and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of
earth:
28 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because
they
had no root, they withered away.
29 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and
choked them:
30 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some
an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
31 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
32 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the
twelve asked of him the parable.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
34 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth
away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which
received seed by the way side.
35 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is
he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
36 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for
when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word,
by and by he is offended.
37 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth
the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
38 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that
heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth
fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty.

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a
bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
40 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
41 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his
field:
43 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among
the
wheat, and went his way.
44 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
45 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence
then hath it tares?
46 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said
unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
47 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root
up also the wheat with them.
48 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house:
and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the
parable of the tares of the field.
50 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good
seed
is the Son of man;
51 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the
kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
52 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end
of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
53 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so
shall it be in the end of this world.
54 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall
gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and all
them
which do iniquity;
55 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
56 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom
of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a
field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy
thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that
field.
58 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,
seeking goodly pearls:
59 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and
sold
all that he had, and bought it.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast
into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
61 Which, when it was full, they drew it to shore, and sat down,
and
gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
62 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
63 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
64 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?
They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
65 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that
is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure
things new and old.
66 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast
seed into the ground;
67 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
68 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the
blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
69 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in
the sickle, because the harvest is come.

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or
with what comparison shall we compare it?
71 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in
the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
72 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than
all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls
of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
73 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as
they were able to hear it.
74 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they
were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.